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"That's my boy!"
— Amos' despair at seeing Cedric's lifeless body[src]

Amos Diggory[2][3][5] was a British wizard who worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the British Ministry of Magic.[3] He and his wife lost their son Cedric in June of 1995, when he was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on Lord Voldemort's orders.[6]

After the events of the Second Wizarding War, Amos still had not made peace with the death of his son. In 2020, he sought a meeting with Harry Potter, in the hopes of saving his deceased son via a new time-turner that was discovered.

Biography

Early life

Amos was born into the wizarding Diggory family and was the only child of his parents.[7] He presumably attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy in his youth, where he would have received his magical education. He ended up working in the Ministry of Magic and by the 1980s he worked for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.[8]

1980s

At some point between 1984 and 1988, Amos came to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to celebrate Rubeus Hagrid's birthday. Shortly before the celebration, he allowed a student to choose between a fire crab, a Murtlap and a Porlock as a birthday present for Hagrid.[8]

1994-1995

"This is Amos Diggory, everyone. Works for the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures."
Arthur Weasley introducing Amos to his children[src]
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Amos travelling to the 1994 Quidditch World Cup

The Diggory family lived either in or near to the village of Ottery St Catchpole, near the Weasley and Fawcett families.[3] In 1994, Amos and his family attended the Quidditch World Cup.[3] After a Death Eater riot broke out, a team of witches and wizards, including Amos, found the house-elf Winky lying beneath the Dark Mark and questioned her about what happened.[5]

He performed Prior Incantato on the wand of Harry Potter to deduce who had used the Morsmordre spell.[5] Later, he asked Arthur Weasley to help Alastor Moody out of trouble;[9] unbeknownst to him, this was the day Moody was kidnapped by Barty Crouch Jr.[10] Amos simply thought it was another false alarm from the paranoid Moody and wanted to ensure that the former Auror's new job at Hogwarts would not be jeopardised.[9]

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Amos wishing his son good luck in the third task

That same year, Amos's son Cedric was selected as Hogwarts' champion in the Triwizard Tournament, something for which Amos was extremely proud.[11] However, Harry Potter's name also came out of the Goblet of Fire.[11] Many people erroneously believed that Harry intentionally tried to cheat Cedric and Hufflepuff house out of their deserved glory, as he was too young to be selected and received the most publicity.[11] Amos was openly rude to Harry before the tournament's Third Task.[2] This infuriated Molly Weasley, with whom Amos almost had a public confrontation, but his wife restrained him.[2]

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Amos' devastated reaction to Cedric's lifeless body

Harry and Cedric considered themselves to be equally winners at the end of the tournament, thus they both touched the Triwizard Cup, unwittingly taking a Portkey as part of the trap Lord Voldemort set for Harry. Voldemort ordered his servant Peter Pettigrew to kill Cedric.[6] Harry managed to escape the graveyard with Cedric's body, returning him to his devastated parents (Amos openly sobbed later while Harry explained what happened).[12] Amos thanked Harry for returning Cedric's body, and assured him that they did not blame Harry for his death.[12] Harry tried to give them the prize money that came with winning the tournament, but they refused it. Amos subsequently had little to do in the war against Voldemort; his son was ultimately avenged when Voldemort was defeated.[12]

Later Life

By 2020, Amos was living at St Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards. One of his carers was Delphini, who affectionately called him uncle. One day, Amos heard about how Harry Potter may have found a time-turner. He decided to schedule a meeting with him. However, each meeting kept getting changed to a later date at the last minute. Several months later, Amos decided to visit Harry at his home in the middle of the night. Delphini helped Amos and he apprehended Harry when he returned home.

Amos begged Harry to use the time-turner to go back in time and save Cedric. Harry politely declined, stating he couldn’t meddle with time. Amos thought Harry was partly responsible for Cedric's death, because Voldemort never wanted Cedric. He was devastated to hear that Voldemort considered Cedric to be “the spare”. Harry lied to Amos and told him the story about a new time-turner was untrue. Amos thought Harry to be cold.[13]

Unbeknownst to Amos, the conversation was overheard by Albus Potter. Albus decided to visit him and tell him he and his friend Scorpius Malfoy would be happy to go back in time and save Cedric. Amos did not take them seriously at first considering they were only children, but he was convinced they could when Delphi persuaded him and made him see even children could change the future. She reminded him of the great things that happened in the Second Wizarding War.[14]

The plan to save Cedric inevitably changed the future, but not to the better one Amos had hoped for. It is unknown what happened to him in the changed timelines, but they were eventually undone. This left Amos without a son again. It is not known how he felt after this, but he still lamented about Cedric and would have no choice but to accept Cedric was gone.[15]

Amos is later visited by Harry and Draco Malfoy, who believe he is responsible for their sons going missing again. They found out Amos had sent them owls, which Amos denies and says he has no idea where they have gone. They tell Amos the children were last sighted with his niece Delphi, which surprises Amos, since he tells him them he does not have a niece.[16]

Physical appearance

Amos was described as being "tall"; he had a ruddy face and a "scrubby" brown beard.[3]

Personality and traits

"Always modest, our Ced, always the gentleman... but the best man won, I'm sure Harry'd say the same, wouldn't you, eh? One falls off his broom, one stays on, it doesn't take a genius to tell which one's the better flier!"
— Amos regarding his son's flying skills[src]
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Amos waving enthusiastically to the Weasley

Amos was extremely proud of his son, Cedric, to the point of boasting about his accomplishments at every given opportunity.[3] He became quite angry and disrespectful when Cedric was not even given a mention in the Daily Prophet story about the Triwizard Tournament, whereas Harry got a whole page to himself, though this was understandable, given that Cedric was meant to be the only Hogwarts champion.[2]

Amos was quite genial and friendly when walking through the woods with the Weasleys, Harry, and Hermione Granger. He was rather paternal, but came off as somewhat haughty and rude due to his loud voice and boastfulness of his son's accomplishments.

He was also quite emotional, roaring with joy when discussing Cedric winning a Quidditch game[3] and roaring with anger at Winky the house-elf when interrogating her.[5] He sobbed openly when he saw Cedric had died and when he was interviewed about his son's death, but at least didn't blame Harry for it, and contrary, believed Harry's claim of Voldemort's return and thanked him for returning Cedric's body.[12]

By the time Amos was an old man, he was still incredibly grief-stricken. He lamented about his "beautiful" son and had no qualms about meddling with time to bring him back. Even though he once said he didn't think Harry was responsible for Cedric's death and thanked him for bringing Cedric's body back, he changed his mind by the time he found out about a new time-turner. He thought Harry to be partly responsible since Voldemort wanted to kill him really, not Cedric. Amos would not give up until he spoke to Harry and even resolved to go round to his house to do so and angrily declared Harry to be "cold" when he would not go back in time. He was also considered a "miserable old sod" by his carers at his home.[15]

Magical abilities and skills

Relationships

Wife

Amos and his wife were obviously a happily married couple, but she could get displeased with his often arrogant and boastful behaviour.

Cedric Diggory

Cedric Diggory was Amos's son. He was extremely proud of Cedric and his accomplishments, often boasting about them, making Cedric embarrassed, and was pleased by him being chosen to be in the Triwizard Tournament. Amos was devastated by his son's death and in 2020, asked Harry Potter to go back in time and bring him back, but then had to accept that Cedric was gone.

Weasley family

Arthur Weasley knew Amos from the Ministry of Magic. They were quite friendly, but could be at odds, especially during Winky's interrogation.

Amos's relationship with the other Weasleys is unknown, but almost had a public confrontation with Molly Weasley about Harry being in the Tournamemt.

Harry Potter

Harry Potter's relationship with Amos was rather mixed. Amos was sometimes rude to Harry, mostly when boasting about how Cedric beat him at Quidditch. Before the Third Task, Amos was not pleased about Cedric not being mentioned and Harry getting a whole page to himself. Despite this, Amos thanked Harry for bringing Cedric's body and in 2020 Amos asked Harry to bring him back through time travel

Bartemius Crouch Senior

Amos's relationship with Barty Crouch Snr happened to be a rather strict one. When Amos thought Crouch's house-elf Winky had conjured the Dark Mark, Crouch was offended by this and reprimanded Amos, especially since Crouch had proved and demonstrated throughout his long career that he detested and despised the Dark Arts and those who practise them.

Ludo Bagman

Amos's relationship with Ludo Bagman is mostly unknown, since they were only seen together after the conjuring of the Dark Mark. It is possible that their relationship was positive.

Etymology

"Amos" is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Old Testament; it means "carried" in Hebrew.[17]

Behind the scenes

"Parting of the ways, I think, old chap? See you at the match."
— Amos Diggory's farewell to Arthur Weasley at the Quidditch World Cup[src]
  • He is portrayed by Jeff Rawle in the fourth film.[18]
  • Rawle also provided the voice for a wizard in both video game instalments of the seventh book.[18]
  • In the fourth film, Amos is depicted as being quieter and more amicable than his book counterpart is shown to be.
  • In the film he is also clean-shaven and wears oval-shaped glasses, as opposed to his book counterpart.
  • In Cursed Child he is portrayed by Barry McCarthy.
  • According to Badeea Ali's art quiz in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Amos Diggory was a famous painter, although whether it refers him or another individual with the same name is unknown as there are no other sources connecting Amos to painting.

Appearances

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Amos in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Notes and references

  1. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 24 (Rita Skeeter's Scoop) Hagrid tells Harry that he hopes he wins the Triwizard Tournament as "It’d show ’em all . . . yeh don’ have ter be pureblood ter do it." implying that Cedric is a pure-blood, making his parents either pure-bloods or half-bloods in turn. As well as this, Amos couldn't pronounce "policemen" correctly, making it unlikely he grew up among Muggles. He cannot be Muggle-born due to a "Diggory" being Minister and Nobby Leech being the first Muggle-born Minister. The Diggory Minister preceded Nobby.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 21 (The House-Elf Liberation Front)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 6 (The Portkey)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 9 (The Dark Mark)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 32 (Flesh, Blood and Bone)
  7. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Three, Scene Eighteen
  8. 8.0 8.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 1, Side Quest "Happy Birthday, Hagrid!"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 11 (Aboard the Hogwarts Express)
  10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 35 (Veritaserum)
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 17 (The Four Champions)
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37 (The Beginning)
  13. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act One, Scene Six
  14. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act One, Scene Fourteen
  15. 15.0 15.1 Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
  16. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Act Three, Scene Eighteen
  17. Amos on Behind the Name
  18. 18.0 18.1 Jeff Rawle at the Internet Movie Database
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